withhold

WOTD - 29 October 2008    

English

Etymology

with- +‎ hold

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /wɪθˈhəʊld/, /wɪðˈhəʊld/
• (US) IPA: /wɪθˈhoʊld/, /wɪðˈhoʊld/

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• Rhymes: -əʊld

Verb

withhold (third-person singular simple present withholds, present participle withholding, simple past withheld, past participle withheld or rarely, withholden)

1. (transitive) To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
2. (transitive) To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
3. (transitive) To retain; to keep back; not to grant; as, to withhold assent to a proposition.

Synonyms

• (keep (a physical object) to oneself): retain

Derived terms

• overwithhold
• underwithhold

Translations

to keep an object

Czech: ponechat si (cs) Finnish: pitää (itsellään) (fi) German: zurückhalten, einbehalten

Hungarian: megtart (hu) Italian: trattenere (it) Russian: удерживать (ru) (udérživat'), удержать (ru) (uderžát') Spanish: retener (es), negar (es)

to keep information

Czech: ponechat si (cs) Finnish: pitää omana tietonaan (fi) German: zurückhalten (de)

Hungarian: elhallgat (hu) Russian: утаивать (ru) (utáivat'), умалчивать (ru) (umálčivat') Simplified Chinese: 隐瞒 Spanish: retener (es), negar (es), rehusar (es)

to retain

Czech: ponechat si (cs) Finnish: evätä (fi) German: vorenthalten

Hungarian: visszatart (hu) Simplified Chinese: 保留, 扣留 Spanish: retener (es)

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French: retenir